Oklahoma rattled by shallow 5.1 magnitude earthquake
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook an area near Oklahoma City late Friday night, the U.S. Geological Survey reported......»»
"Shallow" sports and "deep" social hierarchies: Not all pecking orders are created equally
University of Michigan researchers have added a new dimension to the mathematics used to predict the outcomes of all manner of competitions, including sports, games and social hierarchies in both humans and animals......»»
Entire Oklahoma police department quits "with great sadness"
Entire Oklahoma police department quits "with great sadness".....»»
Major damage reported in Oklahoma City area after tornadoes tear across region
Major damage reported in Oklahoma City area after tornadoes tear across region.....»»
Preserved dung suggests large herbivores have lived in Yellowstone National Park for more than 2,000 years
Large herbivores like bison or elk have continuously lived in the Yellowstone National Park region for about 2,300 years, according to a new analysis of chemicals preserved in lake sediments. John Wendt of Oklahoma State University, U.S., and colleag.....»»
A mega-earthquake could strike the Pacific Northwest any day — and we"re not prepared
A mega-earthquake could strike the Pacific Northwest any day — and we"re not prepared.....»»
17-year-old on car theft spree hits and kills 23-year-old veteran, Oklahoma cops say
17-year-old on car theft spree hits and kills 23-year-old veteran, Oklahoma cops say.....»»
Most Republican states have made voting harder since 2020—our research shows how successful they"ve been
In late September, the governor of the state of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, boasted that election officials had removed 453,000 people from the state's voter rolls since 2021. In a state with only 2.3 million registered voters, it appears that roughly one.....»»
5 of the best new series to watch on Paramount+, Apple TV+, Disney+, and Prime Video
Netflix remains the biggest streaming service compared to all other comers by an order of magnitude, but that doesn’t mean its myriad rivals aren’t continually … The post 5 of the best new series to watch on Paramount+, Apple TV+, D.....»»
Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official"s classroom Bible mandate
Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official"s classroom Bible mandate.....»»
Metro man complains of homeless problem in SE Oklahoma City area
Metro man complains of homeless problem in SE Oklahoma City area.....»»
New features in the open-source toolkit for earthquake forecast development and evaluation
An international team of 12 researchers across six institutions have recently made valuable enhancements to pyCSEP; a quintessential open-source software package used to develop and evaluate earthquake forecasting experiments......»»
Winning the Nobel "an earthquake", says Ruvkun
US scientist Gary Ruvkun, who on Monday won the Nobel Prize in Medicine with fellow American Victor Ambros for their discovery of microRNA, said winning the honor was like "an earthquake"......»»
Economists recognized early on in the pandemic that working from home is here to stay
When Amazon told staffers last month to come back to the office five days a week, many observers reacted as if an earthquake struck the post-pandemic world of work. To Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom, the news barely registered......»»
Closer look at New Jersey earthquake rupture could explain shaking reports
The magnitude 4.8 Tewksbury earthquake surprised millions of people on the U.S. East Coast who felt the shaking from this largest instrumentally recorded earthquake in New Jersey since 1900......»»
How would California"s skyscrapers survive a huge earthquake? LA County is about to find out
Faced with the prospect of an extensive, and expensive, seismic safety retrofit for its 1960s-era downtown headquarters, L.A. County decided to vet an alternative: a far newer building, located just blocks away. Not only was it built under stricter s.....»»
"Remarkable" marine animal forests found around Wellington"s coast in central New Zealand
Marine animal forests rich in sea life have been found in the shallow waters around Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington......»»
Apple agrees contract with second unionized store, in Oklahoma City [U]
Apple last month reached agreement with employees at the first Apple Store to unionize, and has now done the same, with a store in Oklahoma City. The three-year contract covers much of the same ground as the contract in Maryland, though with highe.....»»
Are branch faults the "on-ramps" that lead to great continental transform earthquakes?
The five largest continental transform earthquakes since 2000 all originated on a branch of the main fault—and two researchers predict that the next great earthquake of this type will also get its start on a branch or splay fault......»»
A new approach for rockburst risk control and mitigation in deep mining
Mining of minerals is important for the advancement of modern society. However, over many years of mining, shallow resources are depleting with the need to migrate to deep levels......»»
Small tsunami waves splash ashore on remote Japanese islands
Small tsunami waves splashed ashore on remote Japanese islands Tuesday morning after an earthquake that may have been triggered by volcanic activity......»»